{"id":92,"date":"2008-09-18T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2008-09-18T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T21:23:00","slug":"librariile-bucurestene-pepinierele-pseudostiintei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/librariile-bucurestene-pepinierele-pseudostiintei\/","title":{"rendered":"Libr\u0103riile bucure\u015ftene, pepinierele pseudo\u015ftiin\u0163ei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar\u0163i am colindat c\u00e2teva libr\u0103rii centrale din Bucure\u015fti \u00een c\u0103utarea unor c\u0103r\u0163i de \u015ftiin\u0163\u0103. Am trecut pe la C\u0103rture\u015fti, Sala Dalles, Eminescu \u015fi Diverta. Speran\u0163a mea era s\u0103 g\u0103sesc traducerile \u00een limba rom\u00e2n\u0103 a unor c\u0103r\u0163i ca A Brief History of Time<\/a>, The Universe in a Nutshell<\/a>, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out<\/a> sau The Trouble with Physics<\/a>, volume zic eu foarte interesante de popularizare a fizicii moderne \u015fi a impasurilor teoretice \u015fi filozofice \u00een care se afl\u0103. \u00cen lipsa lor, a\u015f fi vrut s\u0103 cump\u0103r orice carte de popularizare a \u015ftiin\u0163ei de nivel mediu spre avansat, pentru o rud\u0103 care petrece c\u00e2teva zile \u00een spital.<\/p>\n

Ceea ce am g\u0103sit prin libr\u0103rii m-a dezam\u0103git \u00eens\u0103 cumplit. \u00cen primul r\u00e2nd, c\u0103r\u0163ile sunt ordonate adesea dup\u0103 editur\u0103. S\u0103 repet, pentru eviden\u0163ierea imbecilit\u0103\u0163ii unei asemenea idei: dup\u0103 EDITUR\u0102.<\/span> De ce? Este cineva fan al unei edituri \u015fi cump\u0103r\u0103 cu nesa\u0163 tot ce public\u0103 aceasta? De ce nu dup\u0103 culoare sau dup\u0103 m\u0103rime? Mie-mi plac c\u0103r\u0163ile verzi… Doar am dep\u0103\u015fit era c\u0103r\u0163ilor din BPT, pe care at\u00e2ta lume le colec\u0163iona \u00een loc de tapet. Deci din start era cam greu s\u0103 g\u0103sesc c\u0103r\u0163ile de \u015ftiin\u0163\u0103, pentru c\u0103 erau \u00eempr\u0103\u015ftiate prin tot magazinul.<\/p>\n

Am luat a\u015fadar toate rafturile la r\u00e2nd. Ceea ce am vrut eu nici nu s-a pus problema s\u0103 g\u0103sesc. La tematica \u201e\u015ftiin\u0163\u0103\u201d se puteau \u00eencadra doar diverse manuale \u015fcolare (la nivel de \u201es\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103m s\u0103 socotim\u201d). \u015ei m\u0103 rog, foarte multe c\u0103r\u0163i de \u015ftiin\u0163e sociale, puse, prin nu se \u015ftie ce asocia\u0163ie de idei, al\u0103turi de c\u0103r\u0163ile de self-help: \u201eDescoper\u0103 \u00eenving\u0103torul din tine\u201d (descoper\u0103-l cumva \u00een mod magic, dac\u0103 se poate f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenve\u0163i carte \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mergi la serviciu 11 ore pe zi, \u015fi ajut\u0103-l s\u0103-l sugrume pe loserul din tine, astfel ca tr\u00e2ntorul din tine s\u0103 se umple de bani \u015fi toate femeile s\u0103 moar\u0103 dup\u0103 el). \u015ei, s\u0103 nu uit, ceva enciclopedii pentru copii. Bune \u015fi alea, dar nu ce c\u0103utam eu. La sec\u0163iunea de istorie (acolo unde exista), fiecare volum de istorie propriu-zis\u0103 era \u00eencadrat de dou\u0103 c\u0103r\u0163i de teoria conspira\u0163iei. Mai aproape de-at\u00e2t n-am ajuns nic\u0103ieri de o carte de fizic\u0103 teoretic\u0103.<\/p>\n

S\u0103 nu m\u0103-n\u0163elege\u0163i gre\u015fit: nu caut o carte scris\u0103 de un doctor \u00een fizic\u0103 pentru al\u0163i doctori \u00een fizic\u0103. C\u0103r\u0163ile enumerate mai sus pot fi citite de orice absolvent de liceu \u00een care sclipe\u015fte o f\u0103r\u00e2m\u0103 de curiozitate despre cum func\u0163ioneaz\u0103 lumea noastr\u0103. Tocmai asta define\u015fte termenul \u201epopularizare\u201d.<\/p>\n

Este trist, alarmant \u015fi barbar c\u0103 un ora\u015f \u00eentreg nu are acces la o literatur\u0103 \u015ftiin\u0163ific\u0103 \u00een adev\u0103ratul sens al cuv\u00e2ntului. O carte de \u015ftiin\u0163\u0103, pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 informa\u0163iile \u00een sine pe care le con\u0163ine, induce \u015fi ni\u015fte principii foarte s\u0103n\u0103toase despre ce \u00eenseamn\u0103 o teorie \u015ftiin\u0163ific\u0103, cum este ea validat\u0103 sau invalidat\u0103, cum putem ob\u0163ine rezultate veridice f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 le denatur\u0103m, chiar \u015fi involuntar, cu dorin\u0163ele \u015fi credin\u0163ele noastre omene\u015fti \u015fi subiective. Aplicate la via\u0163a de zi cu zi, aceste principii ne fac s\u0103 nu mai lu\u0103m totul chiar de bun, s\u0103 ne \u00eentreb\u0103m dac\u0103 ceea ce ne spun 10 oameni pe un ton convins este chiar adev\u0103rat sau doar o cutum\u0103 ap\u0103rut\u0103 de te miri unde. Accept\u0103m ideea c\u0103 num\u0103rul de voci care sus\u0163in o teorie (a conspira\u0163iei, de exemplu) nu face teoria adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u015fi ajungem s\u0103 nu mai citim o carte doar ca s\u0103 ne confirm\u0103m ceea ce \u015ftiam deja (\u201euite, dom’le, \u015fi \u0103sta a v\u0103zut un OZN!\u201d), ci c\u0103ut\u0103m \u00een ea argumente \u015ftiin\u0163ifice clare \u015fi ignor\u0103m restul, chiar \u015fi pe noi \u00een\u015fine . Eu unul, de exemplu, a\u015f muri de bucurie dac\u0103 am \u00eent\u00e2lni o civiliza\u0163ie extraterestr\u0103, dar nu \u00eemi creez o lume a nebuniei mele \u00een care acest lucru s-a \u015fi \u00eent\u00e2mplat (dar americanii i-au ascuns ca s\u0103-i disece).<\/p>\n

C\u00e2t\u0103 vreme acest mod de a g\u00e2ndi nu intr\u0103 \u00een s\u00e2ngele oamenilor, bucure\u015ftenii vor r\u0103m\u00e2ne \u00een semidoctism, pun\u00e2nd \u015ftiin\u0163a adev\u0103rat\u0103, cum ar fi teoria relativit\u0103\u0163ii, pe picior de egalitate cu tot felul de n\u0103zb\u00e2tii (ca s\u0103 nu le zic cretinisme), cum ar fi motorul cu ap\u0103<\/a> sau sf\u00e2r\u015fitul lumii \u00een 2012<\/a>. Pentru c\u0103, nu-i a\u015fa, a scris la ziar \u015fi despre una, \u015fi despre alta, nu? Iar alt criteriu pentru a diferen\u0163ia \u015ftiin\u0163a de pseudo\u015ftiin\u0163\u0103 nu avem.<\/p>\n

PS: Hidroliza apei este endoterm\u0103, deci extragerea hidrogenului din ap\u0103 consum\u0103 cel pu\u0163in la fel de mult\u0103 energie c\u00e2t\u0103 produce arderea lui ulterioar\u0103. Maya\u015fii trebuia s\u0103-\u015fi termine \u015fi ei calendarul undeva \u015fi s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat s\u0103 aleag\u0103 anul 2012. Am un Master of Engineering la MIT; v\u0103 rog eu, crede\u0163i-m\u0103 pe mine mai degrab\u0103 dec\u00e2t pe ni\u015fte neica nimeni care caut\u0103 ceva de care s\u0103 le fie fric\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mar\u0163i am colindat c\u00e2teva libr\u0103rii centrale din Bucure\u015fti \u00een c\u0103utarea unor c\u0103r\u0163i de \u015ftiin\u0163\u0103. Am trecut pe la C\u0103rture\u015fti, Sala Dalles, Eminescu \u015fi Diverta. Speran\u0163a mea era s\u0103 g\u0103sesc traducerile \u00een limba rom\u00e2n\u0103 a unor c\u0103r\u0163i ca A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out sau The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}